La Liga side Real Betis officially announced that with the 35-year-old Mexican midfielder Guardado renewed for a year, the Mexican star will continue to play in Iberia, and he has participated in four World Cups, if he can successfully help Mexico to reach the Qatar World Cup, he will equal the record of 5 World Cup appearances.
Real Betis has officially announced that it will extend his contract with Guardado until the end of June 2023, which is a one-year extension of his contract that originally expired at the end of the season. Although 35 years old, he has been a mainstay of Betis for the last five seasons, playing 22 La Liga games this season, contributing 1 goal and 3 assists in 1113 minutes of playing time.
Guarda made his Mexican league debut before the age of 19, moved to La Liga at the age of 20, played for Deportivo de La Coruna and Valencia, during which time he played for Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga and Eindhoven in the Dutch First Division, and in 2017, he returned from Eindhoven to Betis and played in La Liga for another 5 seasons. By the time of the last round of La Liga, he had played 283 games and had no problem getting into the club for 300 games.
In the national team, Guardado has played 173 games for the Mexican national team, the second-highest in Mexican history, behind his predecessor Claudio Suarez, whose national team appearances have ranked among the top ten in men's football history, only behind Buffon (176 games), Claudio Suarez (177 games), Daijaya (177 games), Mahaiili (180 games), Ramos (180 games), C Ronaldo (184 games), Hassan (184 games) and Mutawa (188 games) It's only a matter of time before you're in the top five.
Guardado has represented the Mexican national team in the past four World Cups, tied for first place with Messi, Ramos and Ronaldo, and if he can lead the Mexican national team to the Qatar World Cup, he will equal the all-time record held by Germany's Matteus and the two predecessors Carbayar and Marquis (5 World Cup appearances). Mexico are currently in Third Place in the Central and Caribbean Qualifiers, three points ahead of Fourth-place Costa Rica, and will face Honduras and El Salvador in the final two rounds, with little suspense in reaching the World Cup again.